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Hackers backdoor PHP source code after breaching internal git server

Enlarge (credit: BeeBright / Getty Images / iStockphoto) A hacker compromised the server used to distribute the PHP programming language and added a backdoor to source code that would have made websites vulnerable to complete takeover, members of the open source project said. Two updates pushed to the PHP Git server over the weekend added… Read More »

Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO

reader comments 146 with 85 posters participating, including story author Share this story Over the weekend, word emerged that a hacker breached far-right social media website Gab and downloaded 70 gigabytes of data by exploiting a garden-variety security flaw known as an SQL injection. A quick review of Gab’s open source code shows that the… Read More »